Region 2 Planning

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♦ Hillsdale County

♦ Jackson County

♦ Jackson Community Planning Committee
♦ Jackson Area Comprehensive Transportation Study (JACTS)
♦ City of Jackson
♦ City Planning Commission
♦ Zoning & Sign Boards of Appeals

♦ Lenawee County

♦ Lenawee County Planning Commission

♦ Region 2 Planning Commission

♦ Jackson Traffic Safety Commission

♦ Asset Management

♦ Census (Demographics) Clearinghouse

Transportation Planning

A wide variety of transportation planning efforts in the three-county area are coordinated through Region 2:

Jackson Area Comprehensive Transportation Study

Federally funded transportation projects within Jackson County are selected through the Jackson Area Comprehensive Transportation Study (JACTS), the metropolitan planning organization for the Jackson Urbanized Area and a program of the R2PC.

Regional Transportation Planning

The Planning Commission facilitates various transportation planning efforts throughout the three-county region on behalf of its members:

Rural Task Force – Federally funded transportation projects outside of JACTS are selected through the three-county rural task force, which is coordinated through the Commission.
Asset Management – Commission staff works with local road agencies and MDOT each year to inventory surface pavement conditions for all federal-aid eli-gible roadways in the three-county area.
Traffic Records Clearinghouse – The Region 2 Planning Commission discontinued this service as of September 14, 2007. Visit the Michigan State Police website and 'click' on the TCPS button if your agency would like more information about the services of the Michigan State Police's Traffic Crash Reporting System (TCRS) and Traffic Crash Purchasing System (TCPS). The mailing address and telephone number for the TCRS and TCPS follow:

Michigan State Police
Criminal Justice Information Center
7150 Harris Drive
Lansing, MI 48913
(517) 322-1658

Traffic Safety Program

The Jackson County Comprehensive Traffic Safety Program (Jackson Traffic Safety Program/JTSP) was originally a pilot project funded by the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning, chartered on March 10, 1988 with Jackson County as the legal entity.

At the present time, the Region 2 Planning Commission is the legal/financial agency for the Traffic Safety Program. The program has a part time director/traffic safety coordinator and is housed on the County Tower Building in Jackson.
The program is governed by the Jackson Traffic Safety Program Commission. The Commission meets on the second Thursday of each month at 10:30 a.m. in the County Tower Building.

The Commission is comprised of representatives from education, engineering, Jackson County Board of Commissioners, local units (townships), courts, law enforcement, Jackson City Council, a citizen representative and a senior citizen representative. Most of the representatives are chosen by their respective groups and serve a two-year period. The JTSP Commission also has two coordinators from engineering and criminal justice that serve on the board.

The monies to fund the Traffic Safety Program cone from the revenues generated through $5.00 court costs on all paid citations (except drunk driving) issued by all law enforcement agencies in Jackson County. However, JTSP receives only a third of that funding.

Money generated is used to fund grant programs in Jackson County that address traffic safety issues. All agencies that request grant funding from the Traffic Safety Program are required to have matching funds for their grant programs. Required match for non-enforcement programs in 50%. The match for enforcement programs is 25%. The funds are also used by the Director for the program and necessary program expenses.

Grants received by the Jackson Traffic Safety Program are reviewed by the Commission and must receive their approval for funding. The Program also coordinates all state and federal enforcement grants in Jackson County. These programs do not require any local match.

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